After I shared that Granola Banana Bread earlier this week, I received several requests for the recipe for my favorite granola that I used in that bread. This delicious granola is full of oats, seeds, nuts, and coconut, and sweetened with brown sugar and maple syrup. A couple of years ago, I was on the hunt for a good granola […]

As often as I eat granola and as much as I love banana bread, I’m a bit perplexed as to how I’ve not combined the two before now. It’s really a perfect combination. Sweet, moist banana bread filled with crunchy granola? Now it seems so obvious! And don’t you just love banana bread? It’s great for a breakfast treat or […]

You know the phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”? Well, that’s the situation with these cookies. The cookie portion of these sandwich cookies is a simple vanilla cookie with a good dose of cinnamon. The filling is a cream cheese frosting flavored with store-bought caramel sauce. Both are very good on their own. Put those […]

Hi, I’m Jennifer McHenry. Welcome to Bake or Break, or BoB as we affectionally call it. This is my journal of over seven years of adventures as an amateur baker. I feature recipes from some of my favorite, trusted sources and have recently started developing original recipes. The recipes you’ll find as you browse through the recipe index tend toward low-effort, high-reward although you’ll find some special “worth the effort” treats, too.